Rodrigo Vasconcelos Oliveira (born 11 February 1994), simply known as Rodrigo, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Tombense as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Ituiutaba,

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

, Rodrigo graduated with

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...

' youth setup, and made his senior debuts while on loan at Aparecidense in 2012. In 2014, he was promoted to the main squad by manager

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. On 15 May 2014 Rodrigo made his first team – and Série A – debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against

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. After the departure of Amaral to

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, he was made a starter ahead of the 2015 season.Possível sucessor de Amaral, Rodrigo espera deslanchar no Goiás em 2015 (Possible successor of Amaral, Rodrigo hopes to take off at Goiás)
Globo Esporte, 3 December 2014

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